Gate-fastener.



* M. P. TCVRGRUD.

GATE PASTBNBR.- Arrplonron {ILBD MAY 1s. 1910. i 1,106,324. Patented Aug 4, 1914 A/Oxs 9H, V

' which will cause 1 is a view in elevation, showing the fastener- MARTIN P. TORGRUD, OIF WHALAN, MINNESTA.

GATE-FASTENER.

Specllcation of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 4, 1914.

i Application led May 13, 1910. Serial No. 561,125.

To all-whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAR'riN I. Tononno, a citizen of the United States, residing at Whalan, in the county of Fillmore and State of Minnesota, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Gate-Fasteners, of`

which the followin is a specification.

My-invention re ates to an improvement in an attachment to be applied, preferably, to frameless gites, and the object is to provide means w in position. In gates which are formed from wire, it is necessary to provide means the wire to be stretched sufficiently Ato hold '1t suiiiciently taut.

The invention consists in certain novel features -of construction and combinations of parts which will be hereinafter fullyV descrlbed and pointed out in the-claim.

In the accompanying drawingsz-Figure applied to a gate in locked position; Fig. 2 is a similar View, showing the gate released; and Figs. 3 and 11 are detail views of the fastening means.

A and A represent the fence posts. Connected to the post A are the' wire strands 1, which strands are connected to the stile 2. A bar 3 is connected to the strands 1 at the central portion of the gate, for holding the strands in proper position. A link 4: isco'n nected to the base of the post A, in which one end of the stile is received in closing and locking the gate.

Mounted upon the post` A is an angular bracket 5. The upper portion of the bracket is provided with a bifurcated or forked end 6, 1n which is pivotally mounted a lever 7. The Ul-shaped clasp 8 is connected to` the bracket 5, and is provided with spring arms 9 and 10. The Iarm 10 is provided with a lug 11 which is adapted to engage the upper surface of the lever 7 for holding it in locked position between the arms. A loop 12 is connected to the lever, which is adapted to be received over the upper end of the stile 2, which is held in position by a lug 13 on the stile. j i

ereby the gate can be locked` In closing the gate, the lower end of the stile is inserted in the link 4, and the loop 12 on the lever 7 is placed over the upper end of the stile, then the lever 7 is thrown or drawn over between the arms 9 and 10, and forced downward until the upper surface of the lever is engaged by thexlug 11, whereby the gate is held in closed position.

To release the gate, the lever 7 is released from the clasp by drawing the arm 10 outward to disengage the lever `from the lug 1.1. After -thelever has been released, the loop 12 can be removed from the stile, and the stile can then be disconnected from the link 4, when the gate can be swung open.

Having fully described my invention, what I 'claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The combination with a frameless gate provided with a stile, a ost, of a bracket secured to the to of tlie post having a bifurcated or forked upper end, a lever pivotally connected to the forked end of the bracket, u. loop pivotally connected with the lever and ada ted to engage with the upper end of the stile, a, U-shaped clasp mounted on the angular bracket and rovided with vertical parallel spring arms etween which the lever is received, a lug mounted on one of the arms projecting toward the other arm, said lever enga 'ng the lug and one arm when swung to a iorizontal position for causing the arms to be forced apart to permit the lever to pass below the lug whereby the lever will be held in a horizontal posltion and against the lateral movement, the lug carryingarm being of greater length than the other arm, so that sufficient lever age can be obtained for drawing it away from the opposite arm to allow the leverto be withdrawn from between the arms.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

MARTIN P. TORGRUD.

Witnesses:

Dama Toscano, S. H. HAASARUD. 

